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IDF says after 10,000 draft orders sent to ultra-Orthodox, only 177 enlisted

Published March 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Haredi, Israel, military draft, ultra-Orthodox Jews

Speaking to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, a senior IDF officer in charge of encouraging ultra-Orthodox enlistment says that of around 10,000 draft orders sent to Haredim since the summer, only 177 have so far enlisted in the…[Continue Reading...]

How our personal records ended up in a Mormon mountain vault in Utah

Published March 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged family search, historical family records, LDS, mountain vault, Utah

Personal records of hundreds of thousands of Australians are being copied and sent to a secretive mountain vault in Utah owned by the Mormon Church following an agreement with the National Archives of Australia (NAA). Government records with details including…[Continue Reading...]

30 Years After Sarin Attack / Colleague of Lawyer Killed by Aum Supreme Truth Cult Worked Hard to Find Him, Says Lessons to Be Learned From Cult’s Illegal Acts

Published March 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, Japan, murder, Tsutsumi Sakamoto

Shuichi Kojima, a lawyer at Yokohama Law Office in Yokohama, was the colleague of Tsutsumi Sakamoto, 33, who was murdered along with his family in November 1989 by senior members of the Aum Supreme Truth cult. After Sakamoto and his…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecutors indict 13 suspects in Taipei Buddhist cult murder case

Published March 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged actor, arrests, Buddhist sect, cults, Lee Wei, murder, Taiwan

Taipei, March 6 (CNA) Taipei prosecutors on Thursday indicted 13 people in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found at the meeting place of a Buddhist group in the city's Da'an District last year. Upon completing…[Continue Reading...]

The Digital Battlefield: How Terrorists Use the Internet and Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged online recruitment, radicalization, terrorism

The following is an excerpt from prepared remarks submitted to the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. To read the full testimony, download the PDF on this page. This is an important topic in light of…[Continue Reading...]

‘Orgasmic meditation’ compound just listed for $12M

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged California, compound, for sale, One Tast, retreat, sex cult

The owners of OneTaste, a San Francisco company whose “orgasmic meditation” retreats were made infamous by a Netflix documentary and a federal indictment, are selling their 162-acre Mendocino compound for $12 million. A recently posted listing for “The Land,” a…[Continue Reading...]

Victims of 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack still suffering aftereffects: survey

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, doomsday cult, gas attack, Tokyo, victims

TOKYO -- About 60% of victims in the March 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system had the persisting condition of their "eyes getting tired easily" as of 2023, according to a nonprofit group's survey. It is…[Continue Reading...]

Daystar TV President Joni Lamb Owns 7 Homes Worth $11.7 Million

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Televangelists Tagged Daystar TV, Joni Lamb, mega rich evangelist, real estate holdings

For years, the public has known that Daystar TV President Joni Lamb lives a life of great wealth and luxury. But last month, the Trinity Foundation reported that Lamb owns six residential properties in three states, worth about $11 million…[Continue Reading...]

Montana community divided by Mormon doctrine, land rights and tithing

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Apostolic United Brethren, Monatana, Pinesdale, polygamist sect

When a splinter group of Mormon fundamentalists founded the town of Pinesdale more than 60 years ago, the hundreds of acres in the Bitterroot Valley were seen as a secluded haven, a place where its followers could live communally and…[Continue Reading...]

Top court paves way to dissolve Unification Church

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged court ruling, cults, Japan, Unification Church

The Supreme Court upheld a ruling against the Unification Church and pushed the scandal-ridden religious organization closer toward dissolution. In a decision dated March 3, the Supreme Court ruled that the church, now officially called the Family Federation for World…[Continue Reading...]

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